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Editura: Monacelli Press
An aparitie: 2006
Numar pagini: 356
Dimensiuni carte: 27 x 21
Limba: Engleza
Urban and suburban living at the outset of the twenty-first century is
characterized by myriad interlocking images and experiences.
Large-scale social and economic forces lead to a fragmentary daily
existence. How can architecture work with these trends -- rather than
against them -- to improve the activities of everyday life?
Such issues are a constant and ongoing preoccupation in the work
of the Los Angeles firm Koning Eizenberg Architecture. This inventive
and in-depth monograph presents fourteen projects with familiar uses --
museums, schools, houses and housing, community centers, and hotels.
The design solutions draw on qualities of popular culture and
vernacular design, as well as on three principles the firm brings to
each commission: trust, ease, and fit. With these projects, Koning
Eizenberg proposes a new expectation for the contemporary age:
extraordinary experiences on a daily basis.
Julie Eizenberg and Hank Koning established Koning Eizenberg
Architecture in 1981. Both partners studied at the University of
Melbourne, Australia, and the University of California, Los Angeles.